1. Brandon W. Ceasear Introduction to Multimedia Project 1 August 26, 2011

2. Copyright and Fair Use

3. Literary Works Copyright o Literary Works Copyright - Select this if you are registering a no dramatic literary work, excluding a periodical or serial issue. Literary Works include a wide variety of works: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, textbooks, reference works, directories, catalogs, advertising copy, compilations of information, computer programs and databases (Copyright your work on line, 2011)

4. Examples of Literary Works include: Copyright Books Copyright Manuscripts Copyright Your Online Work Copyright Your Poetry Copyright Your Text Copyright Your Essays

5. Visual Arts Copyright o Visual Arts Copyright - Select this if you are registering a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work. Visual Arts works include two- dimensional and three-dimensional works of fine, graphic, and applied art, photographs, prints and art reproductions, maps, technical drawings, and architectural works

6. Examples of Visual Arts Copyright includes: Copyright your pictorial Copyright your graphics Copyright your sculpture Copyright architectural works Copyright Photographs Copyright your design

7. Sound Recording Copyright o Sound Recording Copyright - Select this if you are registering a sound recording. Also, select Sound Recording if you are registering both the sound recording and the underlying recorded musical, dramatic, or literary work(s), along with the sound recording of the work(s).

8. Examples of Sound Recordings Copyright Includes: Copyright your recordings Copyright your lecture Copyright your play Copyright your spoken poem Copyright your books on tape Copyright specific sounds

9. Performing Arts Copyright o Performing Arts Copyright - Select this if you are registering a musical work (with or without lyrics), a dramatic work, such as a screenplay, play or other script, a pantomime, or a choreographic work. Note: If the registration includes the sound recording as well, select Sound Recording as the type of work.

10. Examples of Copyright Musical Works Copyright dramatic works Copyright your script Copyright your pantomime Copyright your A/V works Copy you dance routine Copy a circus performance

11. Fair Use o Fair use, a limitation and exception to the exclusive right granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work, is a doctrine in the United States copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without acquiring permission from the rights holders. Examples of fair use include commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching, library archiving and scholarship (Wikipedia, 2011).

12. o It provides for the legal, non-licensed citation or incorporation of copyrighted material in another author's work under a four-factor balancing test The term fair use originated in the United States. A similar principle, fair dealing, exists in some other common law jurisdictions. Civil law jurisdictions have other limitations and exceptions copyright (Wikipedia, 2011).

13. References Copy right Your Work on Line. Retrieved August 28, 2012, from, http://www.gotocopyright.com/ Wikipedia (Fair use) Retrieved August 28,2011,from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use